tiki
1. (noun) carved figure, image, a neck ornament usually made of greenstone and carved in an abstract form of a human.
Ko te tiki te hei rongonui rawa, ka rite tōna āhua ki tētahi tangata e noho ana me ōna waewae whiri (Te Ara 2013). / The most well-known neck pendant is the tiki, which is shaped like a figure sitting cross-legged.
2. (noun) post to mark a tapu place.
pou whenua
1. (noun) post marker of ownership, boundary marker, land marker post, land symbol of support - post placed prominently in the ground to mark possession of an area or jurisdiction over it.
Ko ngā pou whenua tēnei i tukua e ngā iwi nōna aua whenua ki raro i te Kīngitanga o Pōtatau (TMP 25/7/1893:3). / These are the land symbols of support for those lands that had been placed by the tribes under King Pōtatau's protection.
Kohi: Ko te kūrae i waho o Whakatāne, i te taha rāwhiti. He pou whenua kārangaranga nō tērā takutai, e kaha ana te haere i roto i ngā waiata (M 2004:358). / Kohi: The headland outside of Whakatāne on the eastern side. It is a well-known landmark of that coast, and it is often quoted in songs.
Synonyms: pouwhenua
pouwhenua
1. (noun) long weapon - usually of wood and similar to a taiaha but with a smooth point instead of the carved arero.
Tēnā te rangatira o Taranaki he tangata toa, nui whakaharahara, ko Te Raparapa te ingoa. Ka rere mai taua tangata ki roto ki te riri, ka mate iho i a ia tokowhā ngā tāngata, nā tōna ringa ake anō; kātahi ka rere mai ki te patu i a Te Awa-i-taia. Ko te karohanga a Te Awa-i-taia i te pouwhenua a taua tangata, kātahi ka whakarere atu te whiu o tōna wahaika hinga ana a Te Raparapa ki te whenua (TWM 3/5/1866:1). / There was the renowned chief of Taranaki, called Te Raparapa. That man rushed into the battle and he killed four men with his own hand. Then he rushed to kill Te Awa-i-taia. Te Awa-i-taia parried the pouwhenua of that man and then he wielded his wahaika felling Te Raparapa to the ground.
Synonyms: poupouwhenua
2. (noun) post marker of ownership, boundary marker, land marker post, land symbol of support - post placed prominently in the ground to mark possession of an area or jurisdiction over it.
Ko ngā pouwhenua me ngā tāngata tēnei e whai ake nei (Wh4 2004:16). / This following is the list of land marker posts and leaders.
See also pou whenua
Synonyms: pou whenua
3. (noun) supreme tohunga, leader.
Ko tā te rangatira kupu tōna whakataukī ki ahau, ki a Ngā Puhi, he pouwhenua, he toa anō tō tēnā hapū, tō tēnā iwi (TTT 1/9/1922:16). / I, Ngā Puhi, have a saying that each sub-tribe and tribe has leaders.
Synonyms: kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū, manu taupua
2. (noun) repository of knowledge, authority.
Haere atu, te kaumātua mōrehu i roto o Heretaunga, i te mea ko koe anake te mōrehu kaumātua, te pou herenga o ngā kupu o roto o te ao tawhito (TTT 1/8/1928:825). / Farewell, the surviving elder from within Hawke's Bay because you alone were the last remaining elder, the repository of knowledge of the ancient world.
3. (noun) basis, reference point.
He pou herenga atu tēnei nā Tūhoe i ōna kōrero o tōna tāhuhu kōrero me ōna tūtohu rohe whenua. / This is used as a reference point by Tūhoe in determining the occurrence of events in Tūhoe history and the location of tribal boundaries.
2. (noun) prominent figure, stalwart.
He wahine hīkaka a Katerina Nēhua ki tōna reanga hapori o Aotearoa ki roto o Poihākena, ā, he pou whakarae anō hoki ia i te karapu poronihiana (TTR 1998:117). / Katerina Nēhua was an active woman in her New Zealand community in Sydney: she was also a prominent figure in the Polynesian Club.
pou rāhui
1. (noun) rāhui post - a post marking a temporary prohibition.
Ka whakatauhia te rāhui i ngā wā e tūpuhi ana te kaimoana, inā rānei ka toremi he tangata. I ō mua wā ka tokona te pou rāhui hei whakaatu i te wāhi. Ka whakairia ki runga i te pou nei he rimurimu, he kākahu rānei nō taua tangata i toremi (Te Ara 2014). / Rāhui are imposed at times when the seafood was depleted, or when a person drowned. In earlier times a rāhui post was stuck in the ground to indicate the area. Seaweed was hung on the post, or a piece of clothing of the person who had drowned.
See also rāhui
2. (noun) forward (rugby).
2. (modifier) steep, perpendicular, upright.
Ko te wāhi tukunga atu ki te awa he tahataha āhua poupou tonu (HP 1991:20). / The place for entering the river was quite a steep bank.
3. (noun) wall-pillars, post, pole, upright slabs forming the framework of the walls of a house, carved wall figures, peg, stake.
Ka titiro a Wairangi, ko ngā poupou o te whare he kōhurihuri kahikatea (JPS 1910:198). / Wairangi looked and noticed that the side posts of the house were of sapling white pine.
Synonyms: pouihi, pōhi, tīrau, titi, mātiti, tahatiti, koropā, tia, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, pou, tīrou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu, koteo, tokotoko
4. (noun) old folk.
Synonyms: mātāpuputu
5. (noun) father-in-law, mother-in-law.
Kātahi ka kī atu te wahine rā ki tana tāne, “Kua kite au i tōu poupou." (JPS 1893:214). / Then that woman said to her husband, “I have seen your father-in-law."
pou tāhū
1. (noun) post supporting the ridge pole in the front wall inside a meeting house - sometimes written as one word, i.e. poutāhū.
E toru ngā pou tūhono i te tāhuhu ki te papa, arā, ko te pou tāhū, ko te pou tokomanawa, ko te pou tuarongo (Te Ara 2012). / Three posts support the tāhuhu (ridgepole), namely the pou tāhū (front post), the pou tokomanawa (centre post) and the pou tuarongo (back wall post).
See also pou te wharau
poutāpeta
1. (loan) (noun) post office.
Ka tae mai aua pitihana ki te poutāpeta, 17 māero te tawhiti atu i tōku kāinga i Waimā (TW 14/9/1878:462). / Those petitions arrived at the post office, seventeen miles distant from my home in Waimā.
See also pōtawhe
Synonyms: whare mēra, pōtawhe
pou te āniwaniwa
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house.
Synonyms: pou āniwaniwa, pou tuarongo
pou tuarongo
1. (noun) back wall post of a meeting house - supported the ridge pole in the back wall of a meeting house. Sometimes as one word, i.e. poutuarongo.
E toru ngā pou tūhono i te tāhuhu ki te papa, arā, ko te pou tāhū, ko te pou tokomanawa, ko te pou tuarongo (Te Ara 2012). / Three posts support the tāhuhu (ridgepole), namely the pou tāhū (front post), the pou tokomanawa (centre post) and the pou tuarongo (back wall post).
See also pou āniwaniwa
Synonyms: pou āniwaniwa, pou te āniwaniwa
pou whirinaki
1. (noun) post to lean on, dependable person, pillar of support, reliable person.
Heoi, ko te tangata i kīia rā e te kāwanatanga i te 1866, he pou whirinaki nō rātou, he hoa tūturu, he aha rā; nō 1871, kua tahuri kē ia ki te whakakore i ngā hoko whenua a te Karauna, a te tangata kotahi rānei (TTR 1990:51). / However, the man who in 1866 was regarded by government agents as reliable and a trusted friend, was by 1871 advocating the repudiation of all Crown and private land deals.
2. (noun) ring (on the leg of a captive bird).
Ki te kāhore he kai e hoatu mā te mōkai kākā kā tīmata te ngau a taua mōkai kākā i tōna takaore (HTK 19/8/1893:6). / If no food is given to a pet kākā it will begin to gnaw at its leg ring.
Synonyms: pōria
taurapa
1. (noun) stern-post (of a canoe).
Nō te tatanga mai ka titiro atu kāore he taurapa, he tauihu, ko ngā aroaro anga kē ai ki te tā, ko ngā hoe kahurapa kē ai ki te whanga (TP 1/1911:5). / When they approached we observed that they had no stern-post or prow, they faced to the stern and the oars extended sideways to wait.
